Do you think Heath's performance is the best of all time?

**agentofoblivion** September 7, 2011, 5:55 pm

I'm confused what the question is. Do you mean greatest joker? do you mean greatest villain? or do you actually mean greatest of all time? Either way, the answer is probably no. First, we have to think that with the combination of Mr Mom being batman and the fact that Tim Burton is a weird dude, if Jack hadn't taken on the role, we may NEVER have had the Dark Knight. I think Heath's Joker is probably "cooler" than Jack's but lets be real, Heath's Joker is NOT the Joker. Not the one I know anyway. So i don't think he even qualifies for best Joker. then you take into account that best villain doesn't always mean Comic villain. In which case Darth Vader comes to mind. AND no way in HELL its the best performance ever. Come on now. Come on. Seriously? Deniro in taxi driver, raging bull... Leo in basketball diaries, Departed... Javier No Country for old men... I can keep going lol.

**tykjen** September 7, 2011, 7:36 pm

It certainly is Heath's best performance of all time. And the best performance I have seen Nolan pull out of an actor, so far.

**mchekhov** September 7, 2011, 7:42 pm

Flutterby wrote:
talli wrote:

you think those are better?

I think so, yes. And the list even goes on for me :

_Gary Oldman in Dracula
_John Hurt in Elephant Man
_Edward Norton in American History X' Fight Club
_Jack Nickolson in The Shining
_Tom Hardy in Bronson
_Mads Mikkelsen in Valhalla Rising
_Marlon Brando in The Godfather
_Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs

And the list goes on, but that's not the point. It's just impossible to compare two different things remaining impartial.

Which painting is the best? Guernica or Birth of Venus?

out of the ones you mention the only one i would rank up there with Heath is Tom as Bronson

**mchekhov** September 7, 2011, 7:45 pm

agentofoblivion wrote:I'm confused what the question is. Do you mean greatest joker? do you mean greatest villain? or do you actually mean greatest of all time? Either way, the answer is probably no. First, we have to think that with the combination of Mr Mom being batman and the fact that Tim Burton is a weird dude, if Jack hadn't taken on the role, we may NEVER have had the Dark Knight. I think Heath's Joker is probably "cooler" than Jack's but lets be real, Heath's Joker is NOT the Joker. Not the one I know anyway. So i don't think he even qualifies for best Joker. then you take into account that best villain doesn't always mean Comic villain. In which case Darth Vader comes to mind. AND no way in HELL its the best performance ever. Come on now. Come on. Seriously? Deniro in taxi driver, raging bull... Leo in basketball diaries, Departed... Javier No Country for old men... I can keep going lol.

you can't really say Heath's joker is not the joker because the joker is not an animate thing. It's on the pages of a comic book. Everybody who reads a comic book imbue the character with their own voice, their own personality, rhythm, etc for the joker as their imagination suggests.

**Allstar** September 7, 2011, 7:45 pm

out of the ones you mention the only one i would rank up there with Heath is Tom as Bronson

Shocker.

**tykjen** September 7, 2011, 7:53 pm

Heath went a little too rtard with his toung in TDK when I think back on it..

**Mason** September 7, 2011, 7:55 pm

tykjen wrote:Heath went a little too rtard with his toung in TDK when I think back on it..

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**mchekhov** September 7, 2011, 7:56 pm

tykjen wrote:Heath went a little too rtard with his toung in TDK when I think back on it..

it was fine, but all the people who try to impersonations on youtube always overdo it

**Mason** September 7, 2011, 7:58 pm

talli wrote:
tykjen wrote:Heath went a little too rtard with his toung in TDK when I think back on it..

it was fine, but all the people who try to impersonations on youtube always overdo it

The YouTube impersonators always crack me up. They're always shit. :lol:

**Crazy Eight** September 7, 2011, 8:07 pm

agentofoblivion wrote:I'm confused what the question is. Do you mean greatest joker? do you mean greatest villain? or do you actually mean greatest of all time? Either way, the answer is probably no. First, we have to think that with the combination of Mr Mom being batman and the fact that Tim Burton is a weird dude, if Jack hadn't taken on the role, we may NEVER have had the Dark Knight. I think Heath's Joker is probably "cooler" than Jack's but lets be real, Heath's Joker is NOT the Joker. Not the one I know anyway. So i don't think he even qualifies for best Joker. then you take into account that best villain doesn't always mean Comic villain. In which case Darth Vader comes to mind. AND no way in HELL its the best performance ever. Come on now. Come on. Seriously? Deniro in taxi driver, raging bull... Leo in basketball diaries, Departed... Javier No Country for old men... I can keep going lol.

Does Nolan Fans advertise in mental clinics or something? Jesus the idiots that pass through here....